The new Twitter "quality filter" looks like an obvious pander to elite "power users" at the expense of regular users https://blog.twitter.com/2016/new-ways-to-control-your-experience-on-twitter …
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Begging for our benevolent, all-knowing tech overlords for protection from "abuse" is a disaster waiting to happen.
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"Abuse" is an ill-defined, highly fungible concept often appropriated for cynical purposes by malevolent actors. Thus the scare quotes.
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Entrusting the High Priests of Tech to unilaterally define what "abuse" means by way of hazy, secret algorithms = what could go wrong?
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my understanding is that the quality filter has been available to verified accounts for ages now?
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Verified accounts still complained about "abuse" and such. I think a wider systemic change has happened.
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If they had any sense they'd realize we're actually trying to save our countries when we yell at them to stop heading for the cliff
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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twitter also can target luxury ads better w/the information;users don't get investor owners of social media beyond visible founders
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